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Boy in seventeenth-century clothing sitting on a stool
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Boy in seventeenth-century clothing sitting on a stool

Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht · 1868 - 1933 · paper; pencil

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Presumably the boy was dressed up in the context of the World Exhibition for the Hotel and Travel Industry, which was held in 1895 on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. Here, a small seventeenth-century town named 'Oud-Holland' was reconstructed.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineJongen in zeventiende-eeuwse kleding zittend op een kruk. 1868 - 1933. Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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